So there's no existing API that allows an app to pass a security credential(PIN/passphrase/etc) to the security framework for user authentication/screen unlock purposes?
Is there a reason why there isn't a way for an app to pass a security credential to the framework? The only I can think of are for security reasons (risks of malware taking over the authentication process and performing a DoS attack by locking the phone with incorrect credentials for example), but I've come across apps that apparently are able to change the actual user credential (e.g. Moving Target - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.inh.android.movingtarget), which seems to me to be a greater security risk.
On Saturday, February 23, 2013 12:01:30 AM UTC+8, Kristopher Micinski wrote:
It is not possible to do this at the app level, unfortunately.--
Kris
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 12:59 AM, galapogos <goi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to create a lockscreen replacement at the application level
> that replaces the device's security lock, whether it be PIN, passphrase,
> pattern or face unlock, or potentially a new method? I know it's possible in
> the framework level, and have done it before, but I'm just wondering if it's
> possible to do it at the application level.
>
> So far the few lockscreen replacements that I've tried only implement a
> slide gesture unlock lockscreen UI, and falls back to the device's security
> lock after that.
>
> Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
>
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